Architect Stanford White (left) had an affair with actress Evelyn Nesbit (right) at 22 West 24th StreetA Flatiron District parcel where one of the early 20th century’s most important architects, Stanford White, had sexual dalliances with a 16-year-old mistress, is facing a tax lien foreclosure. The owner of the parcel at 22 West 24th Street has not paid real estate taxes in years, and now owes $82,987, a June 12 lawsuit filed in New York State Supreme Court alleges. But the banal mechanisms of the court process mask a tumultuous period for the address, beginning with a fire in 2003 that badly burned the building and its owner. Four years later, in 2007, the building collapsed. [more]
